The Absurd Silence-The Analysis on the Faith and Silence in <Silence>written by Shusaku Endo

Shusaku Endo tells about the process that the priest named Sebastio Rodrigues from Jesus of Portugal comes to Japan with the faith that looking for his teacher called Ferreira and spreading the Catholic to the Japanese people, and then be arrested; in order to save the people being punished, Sebastio Rodrigues abandons his religion under the persuasion of others. The analysis from the perspective of "the silence of sea", "the silence of God", "the silence of the oppressed' will help us understand deeply about the "Silence" characterized by Shusaku Endo. On the whole, Shusaku Endo has described a picture named "how the Catholics give up their religion" in his book called <Silence>. The priest Ferreira who contributes to the expedition of Sebastio Rodrigues in the beginning of the article, and the Japanese native "Catholic" Yoji Ro, or Sebastio Rodrigues who with faith in his heart all choose to give up their religion with no exception in the end, whether it is voluntary or forced. What accompanied by the course of all these happening is the melody of "silence'. Whether the silence of the God or the silence of the people, both directly or indirectly contributed to this result.